• Diversification and bank stability in the GCC 

      Abuzayed B.; Al-Fayoumi N.; Molyneux P. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)
      This study examines bank diversification strategies and links to financial sector stability. Using a sample of listed and unlisted banks operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries over 2001 to 2014 we ...
    • Funding liquidity risk and banks' risk-taking: Evidence from Islamic and conventional banks 

      Smaoui, Houcem; Mimouni, Karim; Miniaoui, Héla; Temimi, Akram ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of funding liquidity risk on the risk-taking behaviour of Islamic and conventional banks. Using bank-level and country-level data from 18 countries over the period ...
    • The impact of Sukuk on the insolvency risk of conventional and Islamic banks 

      Smaoui, Houcem; Mimouni, Karim; Temimi, Akram ( Springer , 2019 , Article)
      This paper investigates the impact of Sukuk market development on bank insolvency risk using a sample comprising 72 Islamic banks (IBs) and 145 conventional banks (CBs) spanning 15 countries over the 2003–2014 period. We ...
    • Sukuk market development and Islamic banks’ capital ratios 

      Houcem, Smaoui; Ghouma, Hatem ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      This paper investigates the impact of Sukuk market development on Islamic banks’ capital ratios using a sample comprising 230 Islamic banks spanning the period 2005–2014. We characterize Islamic bank capital along multiple ...
    • The determinants of capital ratios in Islamic banking 

      Smaoui,Houcem; BenSalah, Ines; Diallo, Boubacar ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)
      We investigate the determinants of capital ratios in contemporary Islamic banking using a sample comprising 122 Islamic banks (IBs) spanning the period 2000-2014. We measure IBs' capital holdings using the capital-to-total ...
    • The effect of capitalization on the competition-stability Nexus: Evidence from dual banking systems 

      Ernaningsih, Indria; Smaoui, Houcem; Temimi, Akram ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      The purpose of this paper is investigate how bank capitalization affects the relationship between competition and bank stability in dual banking systems. Using bank-level and country-level data from 17 countries over the ...